x
x
x
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in particular ways. Safer spaces like clubs and bars have closed, events like Pride parades have been canceled – the visibility gained in recent years has been suffering greatly, while transphobia and homophobia are on the rise again. Now it is more important than ever to keep the pulse of queer communities alive. While the Covid restrictions have more or less been lifted and are almost a thing of the past, it is important to revive queer culture, which has been pushed into the background. Queerness, after all, means social connection and the possibility of creating more awareness for a self-determined and discrimination-free life.
The exhibition project “queer:raum” is a collaboration between 20 artists and creative professionals from Munich. The focus is on queer people, some with multiple marginalized identities, who want to contribute to more visibility with their work and thus improve our society. Queer artists in particular deal a lot with the search for identity because of their lives being perceived as different in heteronormative society.
Our first exhibition took place on July 2 and 3 of the first CSD weekend 2022, in the studio of the Münchner Aids-Hilfe association, which was also co-organizer and a cooperation partner. The portrait series “Queer Artists Munich” by photographer and project initiator Francesco Giordano was displayed, as well as pieces by the portrayed artists, such as surreal paintings by Ukrainian artist Kyrylo Zhornovy, queerfeminist illustrations by Sophie Boner, analogue photographs by film student Stella Deborah Straub, flamboyant fashion creations by Johannes Geitl and digital visuals by Lucas Fellner. The exhibition was accompanied by performances from Alfonso Fernández Sanchez, the drag artists Eve n’ more, Pinay Colada and Smooth Operator, a reading by Yassamin-Sophia Boussaod and musical contributions by Bi Män, Daniela La Luz and the band vanGoy, among others. The various art styles will be combined at the exhibition, thus creating new synergies and a place of encounter. The next exhibition will take place the 24th of september 2022 during the Ander Art Festival at Odeonsplatz Munich.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of LGBTQIA+ people in particular ways. Safer spaces like clubs and bars have closed, events like Pride parades have been canceled – the visibility gained in recent years has been suffering greatly, while transphobia and homophobia are on the rise again. Now it is more important than ever to keep the pulse of queer communities alive. While the Covid restrictions have more or less been lifted and are almost a thing of the past, it is important to revive queer culture, which has been pushed into the background. Queerness, after all, means social connection and the possibility of creating more awareness for a self-determined and discrimination-free life.
The exhibition project “queer:raum” is a collaboration between 20 artists and creative professionals from Munich. The focus is on queer people, some with multiple marginalized identities, who want to contribute to more visibility with their work and thus improve our society. Queer artists in particular deal a lot with the search for identity because of their lives being perceived as different in heteronormative society.
Our first exhibition took place on July 2 and 3 of the first CSD weekend 2022, in the studio of the Münchner Aids-Hilfe association, which was also co-organizer and a cooperation partner. The portrait series “Queer Artists Munich” by photographer and project initiator Francesco Giordano was displayed, as well as pieces by the portrayed artists, such as surreal paintings by Ukrainian artist Kyrylo Zhornovy, queerfeminist illustrations by Sophie Boner, analogue photographs by film student Stella Deborah Straub, flamboyant fashion creations by Johannes Geitl and digital visuals by Lucas Fellner. The exhibition was accompanied by performances from Alfonso Fernández Sanchez, the drag artists Eve n’ more, Pinay Colada and Smooth Operator, a reading by Yassamin-Sophia Boussaod and musical contributions by Bi Män, Daniela La Luz and the band vanGoy, among others. The various art styles will be combined at the exhibition, thus creating new synergies and a place of encounter. The next exhibition will take place the 24th of september 2022 during the Ander Art Festival at Odeonsplatz Munich.